For Ketch we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Boating, Gullah, Historical Boats, Nautical and Sailing.

Ketch (Boating)

A sailboat similar in appearance to a yawl with a tall main mast and a shorter mizzen mast ahead of the rudder post.

Ketch (Gullah)

Catch, catches, caught, catching; took, take; as: "'E ketch 'e tex f'um de fus' chaptuh een Nickuhdemus."He took his text from the first chapter of Nicodemus Also for reach, reached; as: "Time uh ketch de ribbuh bank, de dog done gone"

Ketch (Historical Boats)

A two-masted yacht with a tall mainmast and a shorter mizzen mast.

Ketch (Nautical)

A sailboat with two masts. The shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. A similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post.

Ketch (Sailing)

A two-masted boat, the smaller of the masts placed behind the larger, and in front of the stern post.

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